Comments on: Yahoo! and doing "the right thing" http://blog.vagueware.com/2007/02/03/yahoo-and-doing-the-right-thing/ The Vagueware Blog Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:39:29 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Abortions International http://blog.vagueware.com/2007/02/03/yahoo-and-doing-the-right-thing/#comment-49 Abortions International Sat, 03 Feb 2007 10:48:00 +0000 /2007/02/03/yahoo-and-doing-the-right-thing#comment-49 Doing the right thing - is that in all circumstances or just some? Every point you make about Yahoo! and China I largely agree with but in the spirit of 'doing the right thing', are you happy supporting Amnesty International which has recently moved from a neutral position on abortion to now advocating it as a human right? (see http://www.spectator.co.uk/printer-friendly/22373/amnesty-could-kill-itself.thtml). This is not the right thing or anything close to it so will you now write to Amnesty and challenge them on this? Or does Amnesty's good work in other areas help us to brush this one under the carpet, a bit like Yahoo! finding ways to balance pros and cons in China? I'm also curious to know if you'll track my IP address to try and identify me or will you be happy with me remaining anonymous? I wonder what the view of the Chinese authorities would be in this sort of situation? Doing the right thing – is that in all circumstances or just some? Every point you make about Yahoo! and China I largely agree with but in the spirit of ‘doing the right thing’, are you happy supporting Amnesty International which has recently moved from a neutral position on abortion to now advocating it as a human right? (see http://www.spectator.co.uk/printer-friendly/22373/amnesty-could-kill-itself.thtml). This is not the right thing or anything close to it so will you now write to Amnesty and challenge them on this? Or does Amnesty’s good work in other areas help us to brush this one under the carpet, a bit like Yahoo! finding ways to balance pros and cons in China? I’m also curious to know if you’ll track my IP address to try and identify me or will you be happy with me remaining anonymous? I wonder what the view of the Chinese authorities would be in this sort of situation?

]]> By: Paul Robinson http://blog.vagueware.com/2007/02/03/yahoo-and-doing-the-right-thing/#comment-50 Paul Robinson Sat, 03 Feb 2007 10:48:00 +0000 /2007/02/03/yahoo-and-doing-the-right-thing#comment-50 I think my position on abortion, as an ex-Roman Catholic and liberal could be summarised as: I think that the reasons abortion are necessary sometimes are horrible, and we should reduce the need for them, but we should not deny their need. I'd love if it there was free 100%-effective contraception for all, no rape in the World, and all sexual relationships were founded on the basis of respect. However, that isn't the World we live in. I'm not going to 'track you down', because you've not done anything illegal by posting here. As for writing to Amnesty, I can't consciously oppose a position I empathise with, but I'll write a letter if you write one to the Pope asking him to approve of contraception and to fund sex education classes and the distribution of contraception to Africa, thereby reducing the number of abortions needed in the World. That way, we'd both be happy. I think my position on abortion, as an ex-Roman Catholic and liberal could be summarised as:

I think that the reasons abortion are necessary sometimes are horrible, and we should reduce the need for them, but we should not deny their need.

I’d love if it there was free 100%-effective contraception for all, no rape in the World, and all sexual relationships were founded on the basis of respect. However, that isn’t the World we live in.

I’m not going to ‘track you down’, because you’ve not done anything illegal by posting here. As for writing to Amnesty, I can’t consciously oppose a position I empathise with, but I’ll write a letter if you write one to the Pope asking him to approve of contraception and to fund sex education classes and the distribution of contraception to Africa, thereby reducing the number of abortions needed in the World. That way, we’d both be happy.

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